New Mexico’s governor is formally calling on lawmakers to legalize marijuana this year. Lujan Grisham ran on support for legalization in 2018. Last month, the governor’s working group released a poll showing overwhelming public support for cannabis legalization. Lawmakers did send Lujan Grisham a more limited bill to simply decriminalize marijuana possession, however, which she signed. Lujan Grisham says the restriction is needed “in order to protect the program and its patients.”

Source: Forbes January 15, 2020 22:41 UTC